#NZGovt has introduced 2 bills to replace Resource Management Act. These bills will accelerate the destruction of nature & embed the crony capitalism that has become endemic under this Govt. How the #RMA really works in practice, & why Govt is changing it #nzpol www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

oh my christ It's a death cult.

Also, slightly up the page on Zoë's original page is all if ask statement, but that unhelpfully does not say how often. The Pharmac details are the ultimate reference, but people could also ask the vaccinator to read 5.5.3 of the immunisation handbook www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/for-health-p...

'the overall conclusion is that the scale of deaths in the first wave could have been much lower and the devastating second wave could have been largely avoided' @chrischirp.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-...

The only answer: youtu.be/P9F4YnZS_qQ?...

Wait, so Chris Bishop is "fast-tracking" Lake Onslow Hydro project? The one they cancelled in Dec 2023, rubbishing it after Labour started the renewables project National threw away $20m to cancel this & now they're "fast-tracking" it? This is near comedy and 100% farce

Predicting next step to be lowering selective service registration to the age of 16. I give it 60-90 days max.

Sometimes nostalgia is a great escape, & this right here should do it for me. So many venues I got to play within these pages, hoping to read about some of the bands we played with & got to know. So many stories of my own to remember while reading other’s experiences. Viva la Blue Flamingo & Emo’s!

lol the pace at which EV’s are selling in 🇳🇿 is hilarious. There are virtual fist fights breaking out in the question and answer sections for Polestars on TradeMe. One of the local used EV dealers sold 50% of their stock over last weekend. Anyway I have a deposit down and a viewing Friday 🤞

Ah yes the “island” of Australia and the “North North Island” of AoNZ. It’s just like the North Island except it’s a quarter of the size of Australia to fit certain politicians and their egos. Either that’s an AI map on acid, or these scientists need to brush up on their geology/geography.

Not to look a gift horse in the mouth, I’m happy to hear this is happening, but the timing directly aligns with the post I’m quoting here www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Some good news. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Willis indicates they may allow higher pollutant fuel into country. Last year, Bishop & Brown weakened clean car standards, making NZ a dumping ground for polluting cars Other countries are doing WFH, public transport, rations etc but this one just wants to pollute more

Not to be a downer but... Sky rocketing public transport use, in a covid wave, is gonna have a predictable ending.

Currently taking bets as to whether we are locking down fuel tomorrow OR if the gov is going to go full “wartime effort” on deploying solar panels and wind turbines, conscripting those turning 18 to work in the solar and wind fields wiring up the panels and building sand batteries. 🇳🇿

That's right folks, the economy is sliding sideways because people are 'reluctant to spend'. This is such an infuriating narrative - Liam needs to replace 'reluctant' with 'unable'... how many households have gone from two earners to one? How many have seen costs rise by more than earnings?

My biggest concern right now is that they *WANT* a crisis before the election and are hedging bets on being able to at least appear to act as the countries saviours if it somehow turns around (not by their hand mind) before then.

And this is why I’m still trying really hard not to get COVID…

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A sense of security does a lot for happiness. That's why test after test after test shows that having an unconditional basic income floor under you increases happiness. It's less about the money part and more about the knowing you'll be okay no matter what part, and the having space to breathe part.

Winning is for losers. Snakes eat tails not because they are hungry but because they aren’t real. Your tech debt as an AI bot is showing. Check your fly. Zip it up. (Did I out-AI the bot that replied to me earlier?)

Last week: Covid Royal Commission of Inquiry says NZ must be better prepared for the next pandemic. This week: Government rejects WHO proposals for being better prepared for the next pandemic. If we had this government in 2020, it would have killed so many fuckin people dude.

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This is what is possible.

And people wonder why we have a “brain drain” to other countries when our leaders can’t find a single brain cell between them

Not only is the government not acting on the advice of health officials in preparing for a future pandemic (which I only mention because they have been attacking others with claims of) they are making us worse prepared by pandering to the 4% WHO conspiracy theorists in NZ and their offshore allies

Govt asks us to put toy cars in our street facing windows so the cars who are going for little drives during lockdown can see them and know we are thinking of them

Can’t say Muslims. Can’t say mosques. Can’t say white supremacism. A coward who is scared of his own base and overpowered by his own bigotry. In the month of Ramadan too. Disgusted.

Tapping the sign…also sign the petition if you care even a bit about other people. Yes I’m trying to guilt you in to signing. No I’m not ashamed. And stay safe out there 😷

It’s International Long COVID Awareness day today. Thinking of all those impacted and those who will join them as a result of our current and future COVID waves. It’s very depressing that we aren’t doing enough to prevent transmission given everything we now know about COVID.

The real spend by jacinda and labour Missing nothing Absolute lies by the nz kakalition govt

I def agree with this, and let’s save the (triple) inquiries until after the crisis ends (the last crisis is still killing 1000+ annually and disabling even more tho so YMMV, fuel pun intended…).

UBI is a public health imperative. No one should ever worry their life will fall apart unless they go to work sick.

Time to pass a law that any party spokesperson of media outlet that opines with hindsight reckons on pandemic management has to show this chart in the background at all times #nzpol

Stuff can get…well…stuffed 🧵👇. Also masks are still *widely available*, clean air should be mandated like clean water, IKEA has CO2 monitors for $59, shipping or pickup. As usual it’s a war on the poor as the things I list all involve money with the alternative being death or long term disability

Here’s the correct advice: www.rnz.co.nz/life/wellbei...

I have emailed but if anyone can reach Stuff more quickly that would be great. This is misinformation - a correction needs to be issued, an apology given, and a process put in place so this doesn’t reoccur. It is unacceptable and negligent this has been up for a full day during a health crisis.

For the avoidance of doubt this is the leaders of all three coalition parties deciding to use, to varying degrees, vaccine conspiracies utterly disproven by facts as an electoral weapon against Labour.

Inflation was 4% two years ago, PM. And we now have record 10 year unemployment & business failures, while ~3% of our working age citizens have fled We shouldn't have to fact check our own governments like the US does, do we? #auspol #newzealand #nzpol

The thing that first hit me right in the face with this was “OMFG IT’S THE SMITH STREET BAND!!!” and that’s how my brain works

The headline should read “Internet Porn King invests heavily in parties that will keep him rich”

You, in another decade That’s me busting out some Careless Whisper on the sax (~4 years before it’s release). Don’t tell my brother that he’s in this photo tho…

New Zealand is in our ninth Covid wave, with 19 fatalities last week. More must be done to prevent Covid. our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/cl...

Sometimes I wonder if people here in AoNZ (or anywhere really) who cry out that they need fossil fuels because of their use case actually stop to think about what happens to prices of those fossil fuels if majority of us switch to non-fossil fuels. Did they miss the supply and demand day in school?

NZ has seen zero progress on pay equity, home ownership, sexual assault (and justice for it), medical misogyny, roles in leadership/politics. Women earn $900K less than men over a lifetime. Women/girls are routinely sexualised and subjected to violence. Stupid jokes are really, really not it, team.

👭 On #InternationalWomensDay we honour the women with Long Covid and ME and allies who keep pushing for truth, research, and care. ♀️Listen to women. Fund the science.

Currently terrified because the place we’re renting is gas hot water & stovetop. I have a dual burner hotplate solution for the stove, but the hot water is going to SUUUUCK. Lease renewal coming up soon. Hoping the market stays competitive enough to goad the landlord into a change. May have to move

Let's talk about what happens when oil prices go through the roof and stay there - because it really isn't pretty, it's going to hit our economy incredibly hard, and it's only peripherally about how much it costs to fill the tank. A short 🧵 #nzpol

I implore everyone to remember that Luxon is not the problem, he was literally boosted into that position as a useless figurehead by the entire commentariat, a fair amount of the parliamentary gallery and his party. His purpose has been to wave away concerns about the machine and then be discarded.

RNZ is at it again so here are some pertinent facts about pensions. #nzpol